News Archives: May 2016

May 26, 2016

ANKENY, Iowa – May 26, 2014 – Thousands of commercial motor vehicles loaded with everything from paper products to windmill parts travel across North American highways every day. In Iowa, it’s up to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Motor Vehicle Enforcement officers to inspect these commercial motor vehicles and assure the drivers are operating safely. While the media doesn’t often get the chance to see Iowa’s officers in action, one targeted enforcement effort each year puts all MVE...

May 26, 2016

This news release is being redistributed by the Iowa Department of Transportation as a courtesy to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). DES MOINES, IOWA - May, 26, 2016 - Six state departments of transportation and the Federal Highway Administration today signed a memorandum of agreement that will improve pollinator habitat along Interstate 35, a key migratory corridor for Monarch butterflies. The Obama Administration last year identified the I-35 corridor as a route along which land...

May 24, 2016

AMES, Iowa – May 24, 2016 – The Iowa and Illinois Departments of Transportation (Iowa DOT and Illinois DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are proposing improvements to the I-74 corridor in the Quad Cities from 0.9 mile south of Avenue of the Cities (23rd Avenue) in Moline, Illinois, to 1 mile north of 53rd Street in Davenport, Iowa. The proposed improvements will increase capacity throughout the project corridor and include a new Mississippi River crossing, improvements to six...

May 20, 2016

AMES, Iowa – May 20, 2016 – More than 125 vehicles and a variety of shop items will be sold by the Iowa Department of Transportation at an auction Saturday, June 11, beginning at 9 a.m. in Ames. Complete information about the auction has been posted on the Iowa DOT’s website at www.iowadot.gov/auction/. The sale will be held in the auction building south of the Iowa DOT's sign shop on South Fourth Street. Vehicles and equipment to be sold are...

May 20, 2016

NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – May 20, 2016 – A bridge-washing project on the lower sections of the Mississippi River bridge on Iowa 9 near Lansing requires daytime lane closures beginning Tuesday, May 24, until Thursday, May 26, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s New Hampton construction office. When daytime lane closures are in place, flaggers will be used to control traffic. A 9-foot width lane restriction will be in place in the open lane. The bridge-washing project...

May 20, 2016

DAVENPORT, Iowa – May 20, 2016 – Work to replace twin box culverts on Iowa 136 over Barn Creek between U.S. 67 and Clinton County Road E-50 will require closing the roadway to traffic beginning Wednesday, June 1, until Friday, Sept. 2, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Davenport construction office. Motorists will be detoured around the work zone by using Mill Creek Parkway, U.S. 30, and U.S. 67. The Iowa DOT reminds motorists to drive with...

May 19, 2016

Council Bluffs, IA — May 19, 2016 — A new detour will begin Tuesday, May 24, weather permitting, for motorists in Council Bluffs on westbound I-80 exiting at I-29 and U.S. 275/Iowa 92 (Exit 47), according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s District 4 Office. Motorists will need to exit at South Expressway (Exit 3) if headed to U.S. 275/Iowa 92. (See attached map for detour) I-80 eastbound traffic will still be able to exit at U.S. 275/Iowa 92 (Exit...